cleaning woman
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Will they take note, as I hope they do, of Dolly De Leon’s revelatory performance as a yacht cleaning woman who nails her own “I am the captain now” moment?
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2022
She was a cleaning woman at Duke University and she was of that generation of Black Americans whose occupation all too often belied both their ambition and their abilities.
From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2022
In "The Anatomy Lesson," we meet a cleaning woman, Olivia, described as "a small, bottom-heavy, earthbound stranger, the color of bittersweet chocolate."
From Salon • Feb. 7, 2021
Venise Jules, 55, a cleaning woman at a grade school and the mother of Ms. Molière, the unemployed secretary, said her entire family had voted for Mr. Moïse.
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2019
"I should say so," said the cleaning woman and, by way of proof, poked Gregor's body with the broom a considerable distance more to the side.
From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
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